Chapter 98

Noetic Prayer Escapes the Danger of Deceptions When Self-love is Burned up in its Fire

Thus, when noetic prayer becomes established and reaches the final degree of its perfection, in which the mind, cleaving to God, becomes silent in union with him (becoming full of love and devotion to God), then self-love is burned up in this fire, and as a result, it escapes the danger of deceptions. (16, 235–236)